Cooking Down East By MARJORIE STANDISH Summer Hotel Work Good Experience For Girls "All out for B-R-R-B-T Har- hotel living at its finest. Hav- clam boullion a la Uncle Sam, Melt 1 stick margarine and bor", the conductor called and ing had a freshman year of a clear hot clam boulllon, 1 stick butter together. (This Bar Harbor we were almost college Home Economics, I served with 8 dab of whipped will be a 1/4 pounds of each.) at! Dot Frost and I had been was eager to learn more. It cream and so good for a first To this add 1 small onion, traveling most of the day by was there for the learning. course. Never will I forget the ground or grated. Set this train from Brunswick. Hav- fish courses, served with such aside until the mixture be- To begin with, if you were nig arrived at Mt. Desert Fer- care. Nor the cheese cro- comes creamy. Then, spread inexperienced, you "went to ry. we still had the ferry trip quettes, which were new to this on the triangles. school" for a week, learning across the bay to Bar Harbor. me and perfectly delicious. the ropes from the expert- Place the triangles on That in itself was interest- enced waitresses. They wrote I remember saying to the cookie sheets and bake at 250 ing. yet it was the beauty of orders and we went to the entree cook as I looked at degrees for 1 hour or until the early summer evening we pantry, to return with proper them one time, "Don't they they are brown. Store in a tin have never forgotten. It was empty dishes to set before look wonderful." His answer can. the Friday night before the them, for approval. was that a good waitress never These are delicious served Fourth of July The year was As you improved, you were goes hungry. But, a "checker" with cool, summer drinks, 1928, the summer between my promoted and when finally I marked off every item on your salads or soups. freshman and sophomore arrived with Station No. 5, I tray against your written or- was happy and ready to RC- der as you left for the dining years at Farmington. FROM Evelyne Ware of tually wait upon guests. room. Yes, there was much to Skowhegan comes another The setting sun. with the Usually, your guests stayed learn at the Kimball House. mountains in the background for the summer. you grew to recipe for something you can know them, their sons and on this calm and beautiful TODAY we will talk about do with a loaf of unsliced daughters and in turn, they an idea which perhaps will be bread, which will be, BS she evening was 8 sight to re- became interested in you. new to you in anticipation of says, "Luscious served with member. It was when we ar- your summer bazaara for MONDAY NIGHT was for- fruit salad and equally good rived at Bar Harbor that we church, club or hospital This mal dinner party night and with fried chicken." were in for a bit of a shock. idea comes to us from Mrs. this was a food education in We were going to the Kimball Guy G. Smith of Needham, itself. The well-decorated ta- Mass. The Smiths lived for a House at Northeast Harbor to bles, the glance of approval number of years in Maine and Cheese Party Cubes wait on tables. What we were by the hostess of each dinner still see the Portland Sunday not too clear about was the party table, before the guests Telegram. Many of you use Trim crusts from 1 loaf un- fact that once having arrived arrived, made us all aware Mrs. Smith's buttermilk bis- sliced bread. Cut into 1-inch at Bar Harbor, we had no way that all needed to be at per- cuit recipe which has ap. cubes. of getting to Northeast, except fection. peared in this column. MELT: by taxi. It cost us eight dol- Every night the headwalter This is 8 recipe for onion lara and that was what turned lined us up for inspection. be- 1 3-ounce package cream bread. The recipe appears in out to be the shocking part. fore opening the dining room the Friendly Society cookbook cheese We did not have too much doors. We stood in a wide from the Congregational 1/4 pound sharp cheese more than that between us, semi-circle, as he paced back Church in Needham. At fair since we were relying on tips and forth before us. hands time, they "bag this onion 1/2 cup butter in top double as our source of income. We behind his back. criticizing, bread in clear, plastic bags boiler, over boiling water. survived this financial ordeal, approving, checking stocking for we were busy "learning and sell rafts of it. Perhaps Remove from heat. Fold in seams, white aprons over the it will be an idea for your the ropes" and didn't venture black uniforms Then, his 2 beaten egg whites. own fair. too far away from the hotel parting shot, always, as he Dip bread cubes into cheese those first few weeks. opened the doors was. "And watch them salts and pep- Onion Bread mixture Place on ungreased I HAVE ALWAYS been cookie sheet Place in refrig- pers! grateful to the Kimballs for Remove crusts from 1 loaf erator overnight. Bake at 400 all I learned about food that Foodwise, it was a fascinat- of thinly-sliced bread. Cut degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. summer. This was summer ing summer. I learned about each slice into triangles. Serve without butter.